Saturday Sep 19 · 2026
Heavier than your average day · a long session · 12 artists returning · 19 new to the record.
Themes
The ReadoutEvidence by the numbers · mood read by machine
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heaviness over time →
the 1970s roots: hard rock and proto-metal
modern death metal, and a full run of 200 Stab Wounds
54
tracks
31
artists
37
albums
11h 58m
span
Heaviest rotation — 200 Stab Wounds ×20 · Busiest hour — 19:00 (17 plays) · Longest gap — 13:48 → 19:13 (5h 25m)
Weight
7
lightheavy
Brightness
4
darkbright
Restlessness
6
settledrestless
Record of the DayThe album that owned the day
Mr Rock 'N' Roll
Samson · Survivors / Head on / Head on (Tony Platt Alternative Mix) / Shock Tactics / Live at Reading
12:19
Fireball - 1996 Remaster
Deep Purple · Fireball (25th Anniversary Edition)
First Deep Purple since Aug 07.
12:22
Dazed and Confused - Remaster
Led Zeppelin · Led Zeppelin (Deluxe Edition)
First Led Zeppelin since Aug 15.
12:51
Misirlou
Dick Dale & His Del-Tones · Reverb at High Tide
† Liner note
Lucifer's Friend were a German band whose 1970 debut is often named among the earliest heavy metal records.
13:04
Inside Looking Out - Remastered
Grand Funk Railroad · Grand Funk (Red Album) [Expanded Edition]
13:48
Pangs of Conscience
200 Stab Wounds · Pangs of Conscience
First 200 Stab Wounds since Sep 01.
† Liner note
200 Stab Wounds are a current Cleveland death metal band; he runs most of their short catalogue tonight, the newest sound on a day that began in the 1970s.
19:13
The Stargate [Tablet I]
Blood Incantation · Absolute Elsewhere
Blood Incantation's 9th day in the record.
20:19
Dragged by a Truck
Sanguisugabogg · Tortured Whole
† Liner note
Gorguts are the Canadian band who dragged death metal toward dissonance and abstraction across the 1990s.
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